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i might add, a lot of the technology and the design for commercial aircraft found its way in defense r&d. and that is sponsored by the u.s. taxpayer. and analysts have a question to wind as the u.s. taxpayer, when we commercialize and defense products from the wind is the taxpayer realize a return on investments? today i can tell you, we have never had a return on investment so that is why people should be concerned. we still have the capabilities in this country of great engineering, like nowhere else on earth. but when we do engineering we are too quick to give it away for short-term corporate profit. >> let me and, it is a different point, but it may help flesh out the last two comments. to the extent that we have an articulated national trend objective from the end ministration in the form of the national export initiative, the president is intention to to have double exports within five years. i would like to just did a few figures on the table to put that into some perspective. i think that they tie in to the last to comment. when i arrived in washington 1971 u.s. exports were
i might add, a lot of the technology and the design for commercial aircraft found its way in defense r&d. and that is sponsored by the u.s. taxpayer. and analysts have a question to wind as the u.s. taxpayer, when we commercialize and defense products from the wind is the taxpayer realize a return on investments? today i can tell you, we have never had a return on investment so that is why people should be concerned. we still have the capabilities in this country of great engineering, like...
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and easier than making peace and i can tell you because i have been on both sides as the minister of defense and now as president. we have advance the peace process much more than any other moment in our history in many attempts that we have made to have peace after 50 years of war. we managed to negotiate first the agenda. that is a major step in any process to end conflict. if you agree on the agenda, you have agreed on 50% of what you need and we did that more than a year ago and we negotiated five points in the agenda and we have agreed on two of those five points. the first is then an agreement on what to do with our rural areas, rural development. this is extremely important because they were rural, they were born there, they grew there and so for them this issue is very important and we already have an agreement on that point. the second very important point is political participation, how are they going to participate in politics and transition from bullets to floats, from arms to arguments and how is it that we are going to open the space for them and this point is something that th
and easier than making peace and i can tell you because i have been on both sides as the minister of defense and now as president. we have advance the peace process much more than any other moment in our history in many attempts that we have made to have peace after 50 years of war. we managed to negotiate first the agenda. that is a major step in any process to end conflict. if you agree on the agenda, you have agreed on 50% of what you need and we did that more than a year ago and we...
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so how are defense strategies devised now? in effect they're devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and in the congress in a sense. in the pentagon requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do and i've tried. but i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of say michelle, it's not fully baked but it is pretty substantially baked. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat at michelle's level to intervene to move that process but it is challenging because at that point an awful lot of bargains have already been struck. a lot of things have already been put in place. it gets very hard even within the pentagon leadership to fundamentally reorient the posture. meanwhile in the congress a parallel process is happening except it originates in congressional districts and with constituents and constituent enterprises and works its way up through individual congressman. so at the top level, let's say we decry an absence of leadership. suppose they actually w
so how are defense strategies devised now? in effect they're devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and in the congress in a sense. in the pentagon requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do and i've tried. but i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of say michelle, it's not fully baked but it is pretty substantially baked. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat at michelle's level to intervene to move that...
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occur viving witness of the attack, of the attackers, of course, he was on the witness stand and the defense lawyer and prosecutor are asking questions about the attack. did you ever see a knife, asked william, the lawyer representing jeffrey conroy. the young man, who at 17, confessed to a stabbing and kill his friend. never. did you see anyone stab him? no, because of the second attack. i'm not asking, please stop. i'm sorry, sorry about that. that's fine, the lawyer said, and moved on to the next question. it was not fine, a simple no could not convey the feelings, denied he stayed at wake thinking what is. the hours he mulled over his actions on the day of the attack. it was not fair the lawyer wanted a simple yes or no. both answers could accurately describe the fears or regrets. the truth was that he turned his back momentarily on his friend and the attackers to run for safety to a nearby alley. he had called # out to him to follow him, but he had stood his ground and fought. the truth was he had seen the knife, he wished he had. when you got to the police precinct, did you talk to the
occur viving witness of the attack, of the attackers, of course, he was on the witness stand and the defense lawyer and prosecutor are asking questions about the attack. did you ever see a knife, asked william, the lawyer representing jeffrey conroy. the young man, who at 17, confessed to a stabbing and kill his friend. never. did you see anyone stab him? no, because of the second attack. i'm not asking, please stop. i'm sorry, sorry about that. that's fine, the lawyer said, and moved on to the...
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this is when the only surviving witness of the attack was on the witness stand and the defense lawyer and the prosecutor are asking him questions about the attack. did you ever see a knife can ask pouliot, the lawyer representing jeffrey conroy, the young man who at 17 had confessed to stabbing and killing his friend, marcelo lucero thread never. did you ever see anyone stab marcelo? i'm not asking, please stop. sorry about that. the lawyer said and he went on to the next question, but it wasn't fine. the nights that he stayed away thinking what if. the hours that he had mulled over his actions on the day of the attack. it wasn't fair that o the lawyer could have a simple yes or no. neither of the answers could describe his views or regrets. the truth is that he had turned his back momentarily on his friend and the attackers to run for safety in a nearby alley. he had called up to follow him but instead he stood his ground and fought. the truth was he hadn't seen the knife that he wished he had. when you got to the police precinct did you talk to a detective or police officer wide-awa
this is when the only surviving witness of the attack was on the witness stand and the defense lawyer and the prosecutor are asking him questions about the attack. did you ever see a knife can ask pouliot, the lawyer representing jeffrey conroy, the young man who at 17 had confessed to stabbing and killing his friend, marcelo lucero thread never. did you ever see anyone stab marcelo? i'm not asking, please stop. sorry about that. the lawyer said and he went on to the next question, but it...
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the clerk: department of defense, debra lee james virginia, to be secretary of the air force. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of deborah lee james of virginia to be secretary of the air force signed by 19 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 444. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ay
the clerk: department of defense, debra lee james virginia, to be secretary of the air force. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of deborah lee james of virginia to be secretary of the air force signed by 19 senators as...
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/canadian defense cooperation. he has also held such distinguished positions as assistant chief of the air staff and commandant of the royal military college in kingston. he led the stand up of the strategic joint staff and has served as command oring officer -- commanding officer of 412 squadron based in ottawa. general lawson graduated from the military college of canada with a bachelor of science degree as well as a master of science in the electrical can engineering and while attending the u.s. armed forces command staff college in montgomery, alabama, he completed a masters of public administration in at auburn. so he's thoroughly educated, i think it's fair to say. drawing on that record of service and expertise, general lawson has agreed to share his thoughts on the u.s./canadian defense relationship. secretary hagel just last week called this relationship one of the strongest in the world and, indeed, our canadian friends have fought alongside american troops in the volatile kandahar province in afghanistan
/canadian defense cooperation. he has also held such distinguished positions as assistant chief of the air staff and commandant of the royal military college in kingston. he led the stand up of the strategic joint staff and has served as command oring officer -- commanding officer of 412 squadron based in ottawa. general lawson graduated from the military college of canada with a bachelor of science degree as well as a master of science in the electrical can engineering and while attending the...
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it's designed to give each branch of the ability of self protection and self defense and a great deal ride on the use of that power. in my view some of the questions we are going to talk about today are close questions. things like internet gambling, drug enforcement. i think you can have credible argument on the administration side but ideally the president has exceeded his brief. the president is required to execute the law and is not required to enforce all equally or commit the same resources to them but i believe the president has crossed the line and some of these areas which i address in my testimony. what i want to start my opening statement is the emphasis this isn't a fight between politicians. rather this goes to the heart of what is the madisonian system. if a president can change the meaning of the law and a substantial way or refuse to enforce them it takes off-line the very thing that stabilizes the system. ideally that members will load the data they allow that to happen. this will not be the last president. there will be more presidents that will claim the same author
it's designed to give each branch of the ability of self protection and self defense and a great deal ride on the use of that power. in my view some of the questions we are going to talk about today are close questions. things like internet gambling, drug enforcement. i think you can have credible argument on the administration side but ideally the president has exceeded his brief. the president is required to execute the law and is not required to enforce all equally or commit the same...
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the defense attorney, was he talking about people of different race and color? no, he was just helpful and that is who he was. he was a very serious catholic. that came out when he was talking to the first female police officer who interviewed him that night and he said she was wearing a cross and he asked if she was catholic. under the circumstances it's understandable but he was still written by guilds of the whole thing as is understandable but that is who he was. couey is going word remains to be seen. >> jack you have talked about the deception and corruption of the media and demonstrated it quite well. holding to the constitution and the importance of the first amendment and freedom of the press, what do you do to get the country to get back on finding reality from the press is supposed to their perception? >> you do it in the model is here. you do what the people do. these are eight people who live all across the country and they range in age from 25 to 75. a couple of grandmothers here and there. literally from florida and oregon and they talk in the cha
the defense attorney, was he talking about people of different race and color? no, he was just helpful and that is who he was. he was a very serious catholic. that came out when he was talking to the first female police officer who interviewed him that night and he said she was wearing a cross and he asked if she was catholic. under the circumstances it's understandable but he was still written by guilds of the whole thing as is understandable but that is who he was. couey is going word remains...
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deeper about the contradictions and of our society than donald rumsfeld former defense secretary -- secretary better tombouctou were right now.rs whistle-blowers have been indicted under the espionage act and former cia officials imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding.d the nuances of portage buto the most devastating part is he has used the saysolic credibility that a lot of liberals wouldno oppose. >> host: we had reaction ask calls after your panel. why you continual bash the president? why do you bash president obama? >> i don't see it as bashing president obama at all. there is a reason why journalism is the only sited job in the united states constitution. and that is because we have three branches of government. and if those three branches of power collude together against the interest of the people the press is the forth estate. and journalist have a role to take against those in authority. what i would say to the caller is go back and look at my record in reporting on clinton, bush j obama. i have been consistent towards those in power and that is a core tenant of journ
deeper about the contradictions and of our society than donald rumsfeld former defense secretary -- secretary better tombouctou were right now.rs whistle-blowers have been indicted under the espionage act and former cia officials imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding.d the nuances of portage buto the most devastating part is he has used the saysolic credibility that a lot of liberals wouldno oppose. >> host: we had reaction ask calls after your panel. why you continual bash...
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and we had there in their balkan task force the cia, the defense intelligence agency, the nsa, the joint chiefs of staff regularly working together. sandy chaired a tenty's committee -- deputy's committee that kept all the agencies working together. we were committed to sharing information, not hoarding it, to try to reconcile the apparent inconsistencies and then to make good decisions. you know, i love all these shows, homeland and all that stuff. i love that stuff. [laughter] but the real world involves all these cia folks out there killing themselves to figure out what is really going on and how to get that back to the oil makers. to the policymakers. and what leon says is right, you have to be an active, not passive consumer of intelligence. otherwise, someone just assumes that your bandwidth has been choked in 1994 and '95, and you wind up like we were, not even having a meeting about rwanda. because you're so obsessed with all this other stuff. so the obligation of the policymakers is to be aggressive in this saying what we need. i also agree with the comments that were made in th
and we had there in their balkan task force the cia, the defense intelligence agency, the nsa, the joint chiefs of staff regularly working together. sandy chaired a tenty's committee -- deputy's committee that kept all the agencies working together. we were committed to sharing information, not hoarding it, to try to reconcile the apparent inconsistencies and then to make good decisions. you know, i love all these shows, homeland and all that stuff. i love that stuff. [laughter] but the real...
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john kerry and secretary of defense were not there. dennis confirmed they were later informed by telephone call. was an impassioned john kerry speech in favor of the military intervention. . >> host: go to marry in fairfax, virginia. >> host: you're on the air. ged. >> caller: i want to say -- [inaudible] [inaudible] it's very sad the republican from the tea party have an -- [inaudible] after my divorce i had two i'm jobs and no insurance and an emergency surgery. i know, -- [inaudible] without medical insurance -- [inaudible] and people don't realize that president obama, i mean [inaudible] he's the president and after a huge mess -- [inaudible] yesterday i saw on msnbc a horrible, i mean, informing the republicans who -- [inaudible] seeks different websites. >> yeah. the california republicans are sending people to a website that doesn't necessarily help them with navigating health care.gov. but i think on the larger point about politics and poll numbers here. on this issue of the affordable care act act. the health care.gov. what is
john kerry and secretary of defense were not there. dennis confirmed they were later informed by telephone call. was an impassioned john kerry speech in favor of the military intervention. . >> host: go to marry in fairfax, virginia. >> host: you're on the air. ged. >> caller: i want to say -- [inaudible] [inaudible] it's very sad the republican from the tea party have an -- [inaudible] after my divorce i had two i'm jobs and no insurance and an emergency surgery. i know, --...
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of advisers, which included his brother and attorney general robert kennedy, defense secretary robert mcnamara, and aides arthur schlesinger, jr. and ted sorenson. this is about one hour. >> under letter to here and i'm looking forward to this conversation. the first question is, 50 years after his death president can has an 80% approval rating among the american public. is the public wrong? >> first of all, it's 85%. [laughter] >> it's gone up. >> and the result of the recent government shutdown i suspect the vintage date it might be 90%. i don't think it's wrong in the sense that people in this country want to feel better about cover. they want to feel better about the countries future. and i think that's what kennedy still gives people. you know, they compare him to other subsequent presidents. johnson with vietnam. nixon with watergate. force truncated presidency. jimmy carter's one term. the first bush one term. the second bush leaves under a cloud. so they look to two presidents to give them better hope in feeling about the government. first off, kennedy, reagan in this poll whi
of advisers, which included his brother and attorney general robert kennedy, defense secretary robert mcnamara, and aides arthur schlesinger, jr. and ted sorenson. this is about one hour. >> under letter to here and i'm looking forward to this conversation. the first question is, 50 years after his death president can has an 80% approval rating among the american public. is the public wrong? >> first of all, it's 85%. [laughter] >> it's gone up. >> and the result of the...
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. >> caller: hello, i'm concerned about the national defense authorization act you think the representatives would be out on vacation, the president in the and the house and the senate all signed in and would you please comment? >> yes, we were concerned about some of the things about that as well, and one of the things that they did was they authorized future president as well to detain people who are considered enemy combatants, including americans without adequate due process and i think that was a real problem that a lot of this law has never seriously been looked at. and there have been some money off reauthorization come up with a serious look at i think it needs and what you are suggesting is that other laws are coming into this area without really enough public attention and scrutiny and thought and do the people think that we have gone too far? >> has this happened a couple of times in our history similar to what the patriot act is like? >> there have been other times they have been similar. one of the things that i would talk about is around president nixon. and is it okay for the
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there is no way to get a defense bill passed this year except the way we are proposing. there is no way we can bring up or bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments, passed a bill, go to conference with the house, get a conference report written and have a conference report adopted by the house of representatives before friday. and the only way to reach agreement with house counterparts on of the bill that has a chance of getting passed, without amendment in both houses. and it has happened a couple times before. it is not the way we desire to legislate, a week to offer amendments if we could but that is not the world we live in. world we live in has troops in harm's way, has all the other provisions that are in this bill that are so critical to our society. as a number of authorities that will expiry, there is a letter we are handing out from general dempsey which went to our leaders today, copies are available for all of you which lists all of the expiring authorities, combat pay is just one of those, 30 of them on this list if we don't pass
there is no way to get a defense bill passed this year except the way we are proposing. there is no way we can bring up or bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments, passed a bill, go to conference with the house, get a conference report written and have a conference report adopted by the house of representatives before friday. and the only way to reach agreement with house counterparts on of the bill that has a chance of getting passed, without amendment in both...
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of the sesh intervention, and so he and chris hill went into see him, and i was sent in to see the defense minister also known as the pizza man because he had become welcome in canada with a chain of pizza restaurants, and so it was darg in the ministry of defense, and we know where the front line is, that we were told from the previous day, and we walk in and tell the minister the instructions are from the united states that you must stop and stop the forces right now. we said, ambassador holbrook is giving this to the president right now. they said, stop, stop, we're on the last hill overlooking, and the seshes going crazy shooting their own soldiers who are running from us. you want us to stop right now? we said, stop right now. we get back in the plane, and so dick said stop, and we told them to stop, jim and i, and we say, but look, did we know it was this bad? it was this bad, so, you know, we're scrambling to get the intelligence information to put it together. i guess dick finally got, you know, got the word it was bad. he said, we should go right now and tell him to surrender righ
of the sesh intervention, and so he and chris hill went into see him, and i was sent in to see the defense minister also known as the pizza man because he had become welcome in canada with a chain of pizza restaurants, and so it was darg in the ministry of defense, and we know where the front line is, that we were told from the previous day, and we walk in and tell the minister the instructions are from the united states that you must stop and stop the forces right now. we said, ambassador...
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there is no way to get a defense bill passed this year except the way that we are proposing. there is no way we can bring up or bring back the bill that was on the senate floor, consider amendments, pass a bill, go to conference with the house, get a conference report written and have a conference report adopted by the house of representatives before friday. now, under these circumstances the only way that we're going to be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement -- which we have -- with our house counterparts on a bill that at least has a chance to have getting passed -- of getting passed without amendment in both houses. that is the best hope that we have. and again, it's happened a couple times before. it's not the way we, obviously, desire to legislate. we would have much more than a week to offer amendments if we could. but that's not the world we now live in, and the world we now live in has our troops in harm's way, has their families that need our support, has all the other provisions that are in this bill that are so critical to our security, has a num
there is no way to get a defense bill passed this year except the way that we are proposing. there is no way we can bring up or bring back the bill that was on the senate floor, consider amendments, pass a bill, go to conference with the house, get a conference report written and have a conference report adopted by the house of representatives before friday. now, under these circumstances the only way that we're going to be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement -- which we have...
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>> first of all, the first part of the question, as you may know i do criminal defense work. i would never go to prosecute and say i want your prosecutorial discretion to say that the entire class of which my client belongs cannot be subject to this law because prosecutors look at me and say, are you insane? i am not congress. so i wouldn't even raise the question. in terms of where we go from here, i'm not too sure because the great concern i have for this body is that it's not only being circumvented, but it is also being denied the ability to enforce its inherent powers. many of these questions are not close in my view. at present is outside the line. but it has to go in front of the court and the court has to grant review. and that's what we have the most series constitutional crisis iv in my lifetime. and that is, this body becoming less and less relevant. >> with that i would recognize the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. >> i think the majority and minority, mr. conyers, for holding is to let me thank the witnesses. whenever witnesses come before our body, it is
>> first of all, the first part of the question, as you may know i do criminal defense work. i would never go to prosecute and say i want your prosecutorial discretion to say that the entire class of which my client belongs cannot be subject to this law because prosecutors look at me and say, are you insane? i am not congress. so i wouldn't even raise the question. in terms of where we go from here, i'm not too sure because the great concern i have for this body is that it's not only...
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that kind of bias which i know you needs to be guarded against because again that first line of defense is so important more you can help out in the regard the better. thank you. >> i would like -- former senator said tuesday that in order to get a buy in from republicans, president obama endorsed adopted health care model first proposed by the heritage foundation. the individual mandate. he spoke at the forum hosted by georgetown university. here is a little of what he said. i had many conversations with him and others over those early stages. i'll never forget as he was contemplating what model he would use, there was a lot of pressure in his party going back to this question about government to say you know what, what we ought to have is a single-payer system. medicare for all. that's what we need. medicare for all. a single-payer system like a lot other industrialized countries especially europe. you know what his answer was? i'm going take the heritage foundation proposal they came up with in 1993 and we'll use that as the model and we'll use that as the basis for legislation. beca
that kind of bias which i know you needs to be guarded against because again that first line of defense is so important more you can help out in the regard the better. thank you. >> i would like -- former senator said tuesday that in order to get a buy in from republicans, president obama endorsed adopted health care model first proposed by the heritage foundation. the individual mandate. he spoke at the forum hosted by georgetown university. here is a little of what he said. i had many...
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we haven't even got an audit of the defense department. year after year after year we demand that an audit be conducted by the department of defense by a certain year, and it's never happened. and so we're not apologists. in fact, i believe that the chairman and ranking member have been zealous in their efforts to reduce waste and mismanagement and duplication in the armed services, in the defense department through their work on the armed services committee. but the morale of our men and women who are serving is being harmed, and it's not something that shows up in dollars and cents. but it does show up over time. i would ask the senator from michigan, it does show up over time in their willingness to remain in the military. i was recently down at fort campbell, kentucky, with the senator from tennessee, senator alexander, and we had an excellent briefing from the colonels and the generals, and the chief master sergeants of the united states army there. and unanimous, unanimous was their view that they believe that we in the congress of t
we haven't even got an audit of the defense department. year after year after year we demand that an audit be conducted by the department of defense by a certain year, and it's never happened. and so we're not apologists. in fact, i believe that the chairman and ranking member have been zealous in their efforts to reduce waste and mismanagement and duplication in the armed services, in the defense department through their work on the armed services committee. but the morale of our men and women...
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be in at 2:00 for general speeches, legislative work starts at 4:00, and they'll be working on 2014 defense programs. at 5:00 today judicial nominations for the u.s. circuit court of appeals for d.c., the first nomination taken up since the senate changed its filibuster rules just before thanksgiving break, and they may also take up a house bill to extend a ban on plastic guns. >>> and we've got more from capitol hill reporter on what the legislative agenda looks like for this week. >> host: joining us now to talk about some of these issues on capitol hill in the week ahead is ian swanson, news editor at "the hill" newspaper. thanks for joining us this morning. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: and as "the washington post" stated, we're expecting a budget deal as early as in this week. what could that deal look like? >> guest: well, it's not going to be the grand bargain that really has dominated discussions over the last three, four or five years. negotiators are looking at any tax hikes which have been demanded by democrats. tear also not looking at significant cuts to medicare, me
be in at 2:00 for general speeches, legislative work starts at 4:00, and they'll be working on 2014 defense programs. at 5:00 today judicial nominations for the u.s. circuit court of appeals for d.c., the first nomination taken up since the senate changed its filibuster rules just before thanksgiving break, and they may also take up a house bill to extend a ban on plastic guns. >>> and we've got more from capitol hill reporter on what the legislative agenda looks like for this week....
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department briefing from yesterday with remarks from defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey on pentagon spending cuts. >> all these decisions will not only result in a smaller and flatter osd but one that i believe will be better prepared for serious and complex 21st century security challenges that we face as a department and as a nation. and is constrained budget environment, we will continue to look for ways to reduce overhead, improve efficiency and maximize combat power. but we must do so in a deliberate manner after careful consideration of how best to ensure this department is able to carry out its mission of defending the nation. most of the reduction in osd staff that i've announce today will occur through process of natural attrition in order to minimize the impact on workforce. if the department is forced to take this deep sequestration cuts on the order of $500 billion over the next 10 years, we may need to include additional reductions. as i said before, sequestration is irresponsible and poses an unnecessary risk to our military's a
department briefing from yesterday with remarks from defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey on pentagon spending cuts. >> all these decisions will not only result in a smaller and flatter osd but one that i believe will be better prepared for serious and complex 21st century security challenges that we face as a department and as a nation. and is constrained budget environment, we will continue to look for ways to reduce overhead, improve efficiency...
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speak now to how defensible that is within scientology from the posting point, from a first amendment standpoint. >> when i started my investigation i ran into an fbi investigation going on simultaneously. some of my sources were talking to the fbi, so they talk to me. i got them to tell me what they were telling the fbi. the fbi was mainly looking at this base that i was talking about. and on the basis of human trafficking, people being confined against their will. human trafficking is normally something i used to care sex traitors. but here they were thinking the church was vulnerable on that. they even -- apparently and they caught the tail numbers on one of tom cruise's airplane in case he decided to help make a run for it. but the greatest o.j. moment you could have. the fbi flying after this trip plane. but the members, the former executives to escape from scientology told them, if you were to break into the hole and open the door, they would say it's all sunshine and seashells. we are happy here. we are here of our own accord. the story just told you exemplifies that. they're i
speak now to how defensible that is within scientology from the posting point, from a first amendment standpoint. >> when i started my investigation i ran into an fbi investigation going on simultaneously. some of my sources were talking to the fbi, so they talk to me. i got them to tell me what they were telling the fbi. the fbi was mainly looking at this base that i was talking about. and on the basis of human trafficking, people being confined against their will. human trafficking is...
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the defense program bill what is in the new version? >> well, the bill contains several of the sexual assault provisions in bother haves of the house version and the senate verdict of the bill. it also contains a comprise on detainees as well as new authorizations for several weapons systems and military pay raise. >> what prompted this comprise? >> well, the bill -- the senate was unable to pass the bill last month and it stalled there. in order to get the bill done before the end of the collar year the leader of the two committee met and hammered out the differences and the bill that had been before the senate and the house-passed bill to come up with the comprise version of the measure that they hope can get through both chambers before they adjourn for the year. >> you mentioned sexual assault in the military. what are some of the other controversial amendments part of the original senate sphwhil. >> sure. actually one of the issues that did not make the bill is probably one of the more big e highlight. that's senator jill brand's a
the defense program bill what is in the new version? >> well, the bill contains several of the sexual assault provisions in bother haves of the house version and the senate verdict of the bill. it also contains a comprise on detainees as well as new authorizations for several weapons systems and military pay raise. >> what prompted this comprise? >> well, the bill -- the senate was unable to pass the bill last month and it stalled there. in order to get the bill done before...
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seoul defense ties, warns senators dianne feinstein and senator menendez. >> guest: senator feinstein i believe is the chairwoman of the intel committee. that means she knows all of the bad things that the chinese are doing to our systems whether it's her banking systems, our water systems, the electrical grid and our military systems not to say that chinese have -- impacted thousands of businesses trying to steal ideas. that is not done by rogue communist agents. that's done by the chinese government to say that they are awol way the chinese company that's going to install the back on for the south korea telecommunications network that should be a scary thing for south korea in the united states because we need security there to too. his weight -- as long as we are in south korea helping north korea there ought to be some safety in who they choose to do their telecommunications. there are a lot of other countries. there are european countries, and the united states has the ability to do this and also other asian companies that are communist chinese. >> host: what's going on with the
seoul defense ties, warns senators dianne feinstein and senator menendez. >> guest: senator feinstein i believe is the chairwoman of the intel committee. that means she knows all of the bad things that the chinese are doing to our systems whether it's her banking systems, our water systems, the electrical grid and our military systems not to say that chinese have -- impacted thousands of businesses trying to steal ideas. that is not done by rogue communist agents. that's done by the...
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the nation's critical infrastructure and defense installation simply cannot function without electricity. yet it is clear that the electric grid is not adequately protected from physical or cyberattacks. these are not theoretical concerns. just this april there was an actual attack on our electricity infrastructure. this was an unprecedented and sophisticated attack on and electric grid substation using military style weapons for the attack. communications were disrupted. the attack inflicted substantial damage. it took weeks to replace damaged parts. under slightly different conditions, there could've been a serious power outage or worse. the fbi and others are investigating this attack. so as not to harm any ongoing investigation, i won't disclose details of the incident, but i have been in touch with the fbi and they're willing to provide the members of this committee with a briefing on the very real threat that attacks like this pose to our critical infrastructure. and out the chairman will work with me to get that briefing scheduled quickly so that members can get the facts. the apr
the nation's critical infrastructure and defense installation simply cannot function without electricity. yet it is clear that the electric grid is not adequately protected from physical or cyberattacks. these are not theoretical concerns. just this april there was an actual attack on our electricity infrastructure. this was an unprecedented and sophisticated attack on and electric grid substation using military style weapons for the attack. communications were disrupted. the attack inflicted...
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which weapons systems are being bought and that they are free and often do trade stocks in the same defense companies. there was a study done in the journal of quantitative economics a few years ago where they looked at the stock portfolios of u.s. senators and what they found in the academic study was that the average american underperforms the stock market with the stock investment and the hedge fund beat it by 8% a year and by 12% a year so the question was always are these guys all incredibly brilliant investors or is there something else going on and i think that we all come to the idea of we don't have to deviate that very long. basically what happened is that the book came out and a 60 minutes did an excellent story on it. there was something that gathered steam called the stock act. it's not a bill that i was a big fan of because but it basically did is said yes inside trading was illegal for members of congress. the problem is that you are counting on the securities and exchange commission to enforce this and given that congress sets their budget, the fcc commissioners get confirme
which weapons systems are being bought and that they are free and often do trade stocks in the same defense companies. there was a study done in the journal of quantitative economics a few years ago where they looked at the stock portfolios of u.s. senators and what they found in the academic study was that the average american underperforms the stock market with the stock investment and the hedge fund beat it by 8% a year and by 12% a year so the question was always are these guys all...
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defense questions will be postponed to next monday. the present list of questions will be carried over. there will not be another shuffle to the table office will announce consequential changes shortly. this is a special day for special tribute to a special statesmen, nelson mandela. i hope that as many members as possible will be able to contribute. tributes may continue until 10 p.m. there will be no end of day adjournment debate. the house will also wish to know that there will be an event to commemorate and celebrate the life and achievements of nelson mandela, taking place in westminster hall at 2 p.m. on thursday december 12. i call the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. nelson mandela was a towering figure in our lifetime, a pivotal figure in the history of south africa and the world, and it is right we meet in this parliament to be treated to his character, his achievements and his legacy. the union in south african flags flew at half mast over downing street the day after his death and they will do so again on the date
defense questions will be postponed to next monday. the present list of questions will be carried over. there will not be another shuffle to the table office will announce consequential changes shortly. this is a special day for special tribute to a special statesmen, nelson mandela. i hope that as many members as possible will be able to contribute. tributes may continue until 10 p.m. there will be no end of day adjournment debate. the house will also wish to know that there will be an event...
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committee and we will bring you as much of this as we can until 2:00 when whooper unified reefing by defense secretary chuck hagel and martin dempsey and the joint chiefs of staff. >> we want to welcome for the first century table, congressman duncan hunter has its own house and. and they begin with the orang nuclear deal. in the "washington post" this morning, this is how they begin their story. at a beirut come a surge of diplomacy and outburst of violence in the day since world powers reached a deal with tehran illustrate the promise and peril of what could be the start of a more peaceful area in the middle east. or the beginning of a new round of bloodletting. which do you think it is? >> i don't think anything has changed. they're both probably completely wrong. you will have every infield for the last decade. even if they stop short of being able to enrich to a nuclear capability, they'll still be building up their ballistic missiles and ability to reach further and further in his southeast europe in different parts of israel. even if they stop the enrichment capability just short of w
committee and we will bring you as much of this as we can until 2:00 when whooper unified reefing by defense secretary chuck hagel and martin dempsey and the joint chiefs of staff. >> we want to welcome for the first century table, congressman duncan hunter has its own house and. and they begin with the orang nuclear deal. in the "washington post" this morning, this is how they begin their story. at a beirut come a surge of diplomacy and outburst of violence in the day since...
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. >> in the public interest's defense, not journalism but to sort of those going through the foreshadowing, but there was -- >> there were conversations with the cabinet secretary which led me to think it was wise to share this material. >> the ceremony that took place in your basement when the secret service attended, how many was that? >> there were two from the cghq side and two or three from the guardian. >> you break out the hard disks? >> harder to break than you might think. >> and black and decker. >> was there any point in that exercise if you have the documents to punish them? >> the serious point is this. i was completely clear with the secretary that there were copies elsewhere and the destruction of these computers was not worth reporting. i think they still went ahead and -- >> did it with black and decker, i think as i said this was a hard choice for the government. they were balancing a free press with security. the point was that the alternative, criminalize these all you like and try to take some out of it. the next ed snowden, the next chelsea manning won't go to newspap
. >> in the public interest's defense, not journalism but to sort of those going through the foreshadowing, but there was -- >> there were conversations with the cabinet secretary which led me to think it was wise to share this material. >> the ceremony that took place in your basement when the secret service attended, how many was that? >> there were two from the cghq side and two or three from the guardian. >> you break out the hard disks? >> harder to...
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overruns, they are as big a scandal as obamacare but they don't get the same level after which the defense department today which is got to a minimum of $200 billion a year of institutionalized waste. it's true across the whole system. everyplace you turn, our estimate is medicaid medicare we are between 70-$110 billion paid the crooks every year. this begins to be real money on a big scale. it also sickens the whole system. you look around you said i could be an honest doctor or i could be rich. gee, i think i'll just rip off the government for a few months. it's really dangerous to the very fabric of our society. but there's a secondary part. which nobody was fast enough asking which will be coming up over and over. i should mention in passing precommercial absorbing in passing precommercial uncertainty raise it on crossfire for any of the would like to watch but it's on cnn, 6:30 p.m. eastern time five nights a week. [applause] >> but here's the question which want to ask all of those supporters to come on board, if the federal government document says is such a total mess, that you cou
overruns, they are as big a scandal as obamacare but they don't get the same level after which the defense department today which is got to a minimum of $200 billion a year of institutionalized waste. it's true across the whole system. everyplace you turn, our estimate is medicaid medicare we are between 70-$110 billion paid the crooks every year. this begins to be real money on a big scale. it also sickens the whole system. you look around you said i could be an honest doctor or i could be...
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former defense secretary and rodriguez ran the program and they are are in book tour right now in one official who was imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding. the nuances important but the most devastating part is obama has lost hisicy credibility to put a stamp of legitimacy are policies that democrats would oppose. >> host: john called wou earlier this and i promised him i would ask you this question. wide you continually bashs the president or president obama? >> i don't bash him at all. onl united states constitution. and that is because we have three branches of government. and if those three branches of power collude together against the interest of the people the press is the forth estate. and journalist have a role to take against those in authority. what i would say to the caller is go back and look at my record in reporting on clinton, bush j obama. i have been consistent towards those in power and that is a core tenant of journalism. it doesn't how president obama treats his daughter. i care about how he treats the broader children in america by his policies.
former defense secretary and rodriguez ran the program and they are are in book tour right now in one official who was imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding. the nuances important but the most devastating part is obama has lost hisicy credibility to put a stamp of legitimacy are policies that democrats would oppose. >> host: john called wou earlier this and i promised him i would ask you this question. wide you continually bashs the president or president obama? >> i...
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defense. it must take on its global power role and its importance as a member of the u.n. security council. this is my conviction and i'm fighting for it but france cannot put all the efforts alone i supported the president's decision to intervene in mali. in this country jihadists were about to lead a defensive bus taking over control of the state institutions that remained. with the afghan experience in mind, could we reiterate this experience and let al qaeda find a new sanctuary in mali? up for. france was the only one to intervene, the only one. europeans seem shy, reluctant, even when their own security was at stake. and this brings us to think about what must be our plan for europe and others in such situations and that is why we have note hesitation in france about the fact that we acted send troops to mali. although europeans have to play the game of power, france just rejoined the nato integrated command structure. it's no longer about comparison of nato and the u.n. defense. today's
defense. it must take on its global power role and its importance as a member of the u.n. security council. this is my conviction and i'm fighting for it but france cannot put all the efforts alone i supported the president's decision to intervene in mali. in this country jihadists were about to lead a defensive bus taking over control of the state institutions that remained. with the afghan experience in mind, could we reiterate this experience and let al qaeda find a new sanctuary in mali? up...
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was clear-cut self-defense but have to go to the office. mr. finch, do you think jem kill bob you will? do you think that? you heard what scout said, there is no doubt about it. she said jem got up, yanked him off her and probably got hold of his knife somehow in the dark. we will find out tomorrow. mr. finch, hold on, said mr. tate. jem never stabbed him. atticus was silent. >> that mr. tate as if he appreciated what he said but atticus shook his head. is mighty kind of you and i know you are doing it from that good heart of yours but don't start anything like that. mr. tate got up and went to the edge of the porch and sped into the shrubbery and thrust his hand into his hip pockets and faced atticus. like what? i am sorry if i spoke sharply but nobody -- i don't live that way. nobody is going to hush anything up, mr. finch, mr. tate's voice was quiet but his. fourth planted on the porch floor boards it seemed they grew their. the curious contest the nature of which was alluding me it was developing between my father and sheriff. it was atticu
was clear-cut self-defense but have to go to the office. mr. finch, do you think jem kill bob you will? do you think that? you heard what scout said, there is no doubt about it. she said jem got up, yanked him off her and probably got hold of his knife somehow in the dark. we will find out tomorrow. mr. finch, hold on, said mr. tate. jem never stabbed him. atticus was silent. >> that mr. tate as if he appreciated what he said but atticus shook his head. is mighty kind of you and i know...
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and we could cracked down on frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits which caused defensive. think about it, if you're a doctor and you're worried about losing everything you've worked a lifetime to achieve in terms of your assets and your medical practice, the last thing you want to do is to be subjected to a lotterytype lawsuit. so the easiest thing for those doctors to do -- i know they don't do it on purpose -- but is to make a decision to provide a test or treatment not so much based on your clinical opinion but based on your desire to not be sued and not to be second-guessed two years later when somebody comes in and said you should have done this, srurbd done that. the temptation is to do everything and to run up the costs of health coverage. these are just a few examples. by lowering costs across the board, these are forms, like i talked about, which the president and his political party rejected. we could have helped people who already had coverage. and we could have helped those who previously could not have afforded coverage. now some people have said -- i've, if i
and we could cracked down on frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits which caused defensive. think about it, if you're a doctor and you're worried about losing everything you've worked a lifetime to achieve in terms of your assets and your medical practice, the last thing you want to do is to be subjected to a lotterytype lawsuit. so the easiest thing for those doctors to do -- i know they don't do it on purpose -- but is to make a decision to provide a test or treatment not so much based on...